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Executive and Legislative documents laid before the General Assembly of North-Carolina [1869; 1870]

1869-'70.] Document No. 1. 5
the public expenditures ; and secondly, that the Public Treas-urer
be relied upon by your honorable body to manage the
financial concerns of the State in such manner as he may deem
best, under your direction.
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
Your attention is invited to the Eeport of the Superin-tendent
of Public Instruction, with accompanyino; documents,
herewith transmitted. That officer, and his assistant, the Rev.
J. TV . Hood, have been active, zealous, patient and faithful in
their responsible duties, and deserve therefor the thanks of the
people of the State.
The system of public schools contemplated by the Constitu-tion,
and provided for by law, is nearly ready to go into opera-tion.
In most of the Counties the requisite school officers have
been elected and qualified. Teachers will be engaged and
schools opened whenever Township and County authorities
are notified of the apportionment of the school money, which
has just been made for the ensuing year by the Superintendent
of Public Instruction to the amount of $165,290.50. A few
schools have already commenced. The General Assembly,
at its last session, appropriated $100,000 for school pur-poses,
which sum is to be added to the capitation tax and
apportioned among the Counties of the State. The census of
1868, which was taken by the County Commissioners by direc- y
tion of the Board of Education, shows that the school money
must be distributed among 330,581 children. The amount of
the capitation tax cannot be determined until the final returns
of the Sheriff's on the 1st of next month.
I can not too earnestly urge on the General Assembly the
importance of sustaining the free public schools. Every hope
for free government depends on the education of the masses.
Taxes for such a purpose should be cheerfully paid. This is a
subject upon which all can agree. We can all unite in earnest
efforts to educate the rising generation, and thus make the

1869-'70.] Document No. 1. 5
the public expenditures ; and secondly, that the Public Treas-urer
be relied upon by your honorable body to manage the
financial concerns of the State in such manner as he may deem
best, under your direction.
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
Your attention is invited to the Eeport of the Superin-tendent
of Public Instruction, with accompanyino; documents,
herewith transmitted. That officer, and his assistant, the Rev.
J. TV . Hood, have been active, zealous, patient and faithful in
their responsible duties, and deserve therefor the thanks of the
people of the State.
The system of public schools contemplated by the Constitu-tion,
and provided for by law, is nearly ready to go into opera-tion.
In most of the Counties the requisite school officers have
been elected and qualified. Teachers will be engaged and
schools opened whenever Township and County authorities
are notified of the apportionment of the school money, which
has just been made for the ensuing year by the Superintendent
of Public Instruction to the amount of $165,290.50. A few
schools have already commenced. The General Assembly,
at its last session, appropriated $100,000 for school pur-poses,
which sum is to be added to the capitation tax and
apportioned among the Counties of the State. The census of
1868, which was taken by the County Commissioners by direc- y
tion of the Board of Education, shows that the school money
must be distributed among 330,581 children. The amount of
the capitation tax cannot be determined until the final returns
of the Sheriff's on the 1st of next month.
I can not too earnestly urge on the General Assembly the
importance of sustaining the free public schools. Every hope
for free government depends on the education of the masses.
Taxes for such a purpose should be cheerfully paid. This is a
subject upon which all can agree. We can all unite in earnest
efforts to educate the rising generation, and thus make the